Why not use our Lean Material Management Team?
We work for the Shop. Not a material manufacturer. Our agenda is Not to sell more paint or other products. Our agenda is to help our clients be more profitable, appreciate the value we bring and tell the friends. Our growth is by word of mouth.
Our client base has grown, we now have clients most all states.
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Jim,
We have had fantastic results with
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measure. That says it all. I highly recommend Hunter for
enhancing some of the most important aspects of keeping
solid relationships with today's Collision Centers. Glenn Martin
Your reports make maintaining the program and communication between management and the technician easy. The industry needed such a quality KPI tool. Thank you for what you are doing. Keep up the good work. Jimmy Lefler, Leflers Collision
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About Our Team Approach
The Lean Material Management team is a collaboration between: Shop Management, Production Staff, Local Distributor Service Personnel and a LM2 business consultant.
The Team Structure: Minimum one each:
- Shop Management Member with authority to make minor low cost changes.
- Paint Shop lead person, preferably the lead painter.
- Production Manager (If applicable).
- Jobber/ Distributor Representative.
- Lean Material Management Team Leader (Can be one of the above, generally this is the Jobber Rep.
Jim Compton General Manager and Lead Business Consultant
With over thirty years of experience Jim brings a well-rounded
wealth of tools from internal and external customer sales to
multi-location management:
- Responsible for multiple store operations with up to 13 locations and over $25 million in annual sales, answering directly to President and Board of Directors. Developed and delivered innovative and effective sales programs and tools with staff and manufacturers/vendors.Consult with clients and prospective customers to implement solutions based relationships. Manage and oversee company computer systems, databases, data circuits and devices. Developing and implementing training programs in areas such as safety (DOT, HAZ-MAT, OSHA and environmental regulations) telephone etiquette, computer skills.Oversight of budgeting for; general expenses, store equipment, delivery vehicles, advertising (yellow pages/trade magazines) telephone and data services.Assist in maintaining vendor relationships, major contract negotiations and purchasing. Business Investment Programs (analysis of key financial indicators). Design and implementation of EDI and Bar Code systems including programs with live web interface. Direction and oversight of all internal software development. Including internal small form/report development, (MS-Excel®, MS-Word®, Progress RDBS® and Adobe Acrobat®) as well as more advanced outside services through third parties (EDI, and Web based interfaces)
Associates
- Select Jobbers (PBE Distributors) join with the Lean Materials Management Team to work with local customers. These jobber receive training and have access to regional and national data, trends and analysis.
- Lean Material Management systems and reports work across all major brands of automotive paint Including PPG, DuPont™, Axalta, BASF, Sherwin Williams®, Transtar®.
- The Lean Materials Management Tools and reports are formatted to work with data from most all distributor software programs, including: ComCept, Progress, WDS-II, QB etc.
- To avoid potential conflicts with contractual relationships, we provide interested parties with local associates after they have contacted us. We may ask for the name of your local supplier, your current paint line and whether the shop is under any supply contract, for the purpose of avoiding any conflicts with existing clients.
- Our associates may have exclusive defined territories.
Our Training Sources
| I-CAR | New Horizons | Learning Tree | |
| DuPont (now Axalta), BASF, PPG | Microsoft | A.M.I. | |
| 3M | UCLA | PCL Services | |
| Department of Water & Power | J.J. Keller | Progress | |
| L.A.F.D. | Red Cross | CSUN | |
| Glendale Community College | E.P.A. | Hard Knocks |
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